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Plant Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Petitgrain; Bitter Orange
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CADINENE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CADINENE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 18.0 4230.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPHENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRINALDEHYDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 97000.0 909000.0 0.67 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARVONE 19 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Hull Husk not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3-HEXENOL 1 Leaf not available 1.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Leaf 1.0 110.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRANTIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit not available not available not available Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigargantitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.